Thread doesn't do anything

[greg_quinn]

I have a Sub called SendMessages() that is supposed to do some database work and send an email message in my web app.

Now if I call it directly, it does what it should. I've now been trying to place this Sub into a thread of its own..

i.e

Dim sendMessageThread as New Thread(AddressOf SendMessages)
sendMessageThread.Start()

But the page ends up doing nothing...

Any ideas?

[Memnoch1207]

Is your SendMessages sub within the same class or in another class?
Have you stepped through your code to see if the thread is entering the sub?

[greg_quinn]

It is in the same class. I'm not using VS.NET so I can't do any stepping...

The thread is being called from Page_Load()

[Memnoch1207]

Post the code.

[greg_quinn]

As far as it seems, the Sub ReceiveMessages is not being called at all!!!
Here is my code

Sub Page_Load()
Dim NewThread As Thread = New Thread(AddressOf ReceiveMessages)

NewThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest
NewThread.Start()
End Sub

Public Sub ReceiveMessages()
' Code here to connect to pop3 server and loop through messages
End Sub